Yes, the man himself, Bruce Willis has (jokingly) said Die Hard is NOT a Christmas movie, but we all watch the 1988 classic around this time of year anyway. The absolute banger of a first movie ...

save the day in the popular 1980s action movie "Die Hard." Directed by John McTeirnan, the Los Angeles-based movie was released in July 1988. (Yes, it's still considered a Christmas classic).

Die Hard was released in July 1988 and had subsequent sequels. It was directed by John McTiernan and written by Jeb Stuart and Steven E. de Souza, and it starred Bruce Willis as its leading actor.

In that sense, Die Hard in 1988 served up one last taste of the 1970s. But why? The answer lies in the source material. The screenplay is based on a 1979 novel by Roderick Thorp called Nothing ...